Google and Dish Network to launch new data-only wireless service by mid 2013

Google continues to weave its web of global dominance with plans for a new Wireless Service. Just yesterday we heard rumors that Google might be teaming up with satellite-TV provider Dish Network to launch its own wireless service in hopes to compete with the likes of Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile and break the stronghold that they have on the market. According to 9to5Google these are more than just rumors. Reportedly, Google is already deep into development plans and the service could launch as early as mid-2013.

In 2008 Dish Network acquired a significant amount of wireless spectrum and has been looking for partners who are not currently in the wireless sector. Google fits this description and could be the perfect partner, since it has a lot to gain. Currently, certain wireless carriers block many of Google’s services such as Google Wallet and Google Voice. If Google really wants to gain control of its services, providing its own wireless network to users could dramatically increase the effectiveness of its products. According to the reports, Google would offer data only plans with SMS and Voice working only through VoIP services, which could really shake up the entire industry! Seeing Google’s aggressive pricing strategy as of late, it isn’t hard to imagine that Google might undercut the other wireless carriers by a significant margin by offering its wireless services for extremely low costs. Could this be the beginning of cheap, unlimited data for everyone? I sure hope so!

If Google releases its own data-only wireless services next year, would you jump on board?

Alex Enfiedjian is an Android enthusiast and tech journalist from Central California.

http://twitter.com/MysteryMannnnn Mystery Man

Very cool! Love affordable monthly plans like how amazon offers 250 mb a month for 12 months included with their tablet

Chad Cooper

Yep I’m out as long as it is a GSM type carrier which I am sure it would be.

Logan Brown

Hell yea. One more way for me to support Google. I bet they won’t carry the iPhone haha. To bad dish network sucks, but I’m sure Google will carry the company

mitt romney

They should’ve bought tmobile andjoined what they already had with it. Expanded coverage, Google, with t-mobiles base = Perfection!

1huckabuck

Dish is pretty good, they have I think about 90 million subscribers in the U.S. They provide a good service. Hopefully these other carriers understand that things will change or start changing sometime next year and do something about it. It will suck if they try to play ‘catch up’, BTW Sprint still is very decent, flat fee $100 Unlimited Data, everything. Google Service can’t come soon enough though.

GB

Google fought to free up the “white space” frequencies for public use. How long till we see a nationwide white space broadband network?